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About Alanda Village

Alanda is a mid sized village in Barshitakli tehsil, in the district of Akola, Maharashtra. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 834, made up of 445 males and 389 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 874 females per 1000 males. The village covers 490.12 hectares hectares.

Alanda Overview

Census 2011 figures for Alanda village
Description Value
State Maharashtra
District Akola
Tehsil Barshitakli
Area (hectares) 490.12 hectares
Population 834
Male Population 445
Female Population 389
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 874
Bus Service (public) Available within village
Bus Service (private) Available within 10+ km distance
Nearest Railway Station Available within <5 km distance

How Alanda compares

By the 2011 count Alanda is the 60th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, which puts it a little below average, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents. Its 490.12 hectares work out to about 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited. On the sex ratio, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Getting to Alanda

Alanda is well connected by rural standards, with buses in the village itself and a railway station close by. The census records public bus service for Alanda as Available within village. Private bus service is recorded as Available within 10+ km distance. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within <5 km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Alanda from other places

Alanda lies about 13 km from Akola, and the nearest railway station is Barsitakli, about 4.4 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Alanda
Nearest railway station Barsitakli 4.4 km
Nearest town Umbri 12 km
Tehsil headquarters Barshitakli 13 km
District headquarters Akola 13 km

Villages closest to Alanda

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Barshitakli tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Alanda

As per the Census of India 2011, Alanda village had a population of 834. That makes it the 60th largest of the 122 villages in the tehsil, a little below average for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,187 residents.

Alanda village has 445 males and 389 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Alanda has about 874 females for every 1000 males. In short, the shortfall of women against men is wide, well below the tehsil average of 932.

Alanda covers 490.12 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 1.7 people per hectare, very thinly settled, with most of its land uninhabited.

Alanda falls under Barshitakli tehsil of Akola district in Maharashtra.

The nearest railway station to Alanda is Barsitakli, about 4.4 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within <5 km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within village and private bus service as Available within 10+ km distance for Alanda.

Alanda is about 13 km from Akola in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Alanda is in Barshitakli tehsil of Akola district. Barsitakli is about 4.4 km away. Umbri is about 12 km away. Barshitakli is about 13 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Rustamabad (under 2 km), Sarav (2.2 km) and Ashkaripur (2.2 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Alanda today is likely to be higher.

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